CVE-2026-74875 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Schema Validation Bypass

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 silently skip JSON schema validation when the jsonschema library is not installed, allowing malformed metadata to be accepted. Attackers can remove the jsonschema package or supply unknown metadata format versions to bypass all schema checks and process...

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Overview openssl-encrypt is an A package for secure file encryption and decryption based on modern ciphers using heavy-compute-load chaining of hashing and KDF to generate strong encryption password based on users provided password to ensure secure encryption of files Affected versions of this...

openssl-encrypt silently skips schema validation when jsonschema library is not installed

Summary In opensslencrypt/modules/jsonvalidator.py at lines 234-238, when the jsonschema library is not installed, all schema validation is silently skipped with only a print warning. Affected Code python if not JSONSCHEMAAVAILABLE: printf"Warning: Cannot validate against schema 'schemaname' -...